Natalia:
The house was quiet again.
It always was at this hour.
And though almost everyone was awake, I could hear them shuffling about, some having s*x, others talking, lovers interacting… it was still very quiet. It was completely different here though. I knew that my father was strict and never expected to see somewhere more strict than yours. Everyone seemed to be walking on edge. But it was as if they were used to it. No one was complaining.
I’d eaten my dinner alone, as usual, and wandered back to my room… but the faint light spilling out from under the office door had caught my eye. I raised an eyebrow at it as I heard him inside, paper shuffling him, huffing as he took a deep breath, pen clicking.
He was still working.
Not that I cared. Not really.
At least I told myself tha
